[01 // CIVIL BIM]
Culvert Scan-to-BIM
Reality-capture geometry translated into a clean structural model for inspection, coordination, and future simulation workflows.
- Reality capture
- Revit BIM
- Alignment QA
Viewport Active
MEL TORRES // DIGITAL TWINLet's TalkSchedule a Technical Sync
[ Reality → Model → Simulation ]
MEL TORRES// Operator-Engineer
Digital Twin & Simulation Engineer | Product Leader.
I turn ambiguous operational reality into runnable digital twins — and I own the roadmap, partners, and outcomes that make them get used.
Isaac Sim / OpenUSDROS 2 · Physical AIScan-to-BIMProduct · GTM · KPI
// LIVE: point-cloud → mesh → sim mesh
[01 // ABOUT]
One question, asked at progressively higher stakes.
My career has been one question asked at progressively higher stakes: how do you measure something real, model it, and make it better? I started in how we learn — curricula and learning analytics. I moved to how we work — human-performance analysis on Tesla's Fremont line, then AI-driven training systems. At CMU and HelioViews I moved to how we improve critical infrastructure itself — physics-informed digital twins of data centers and civil systems.
The method never changed: instrument reality, simulate it, optimize it with the best tools available. I build to prove, not to pitch — I'd rather ship a working closed-loop demo than a slide.
- 01 · LEARNHow we learnCurricula and learning analytics.
- 02 · WORKHow we workHuman-performance analysis on Tesla's Fremont line, then AI-driven training systems.
- 03 · INFRASTRUCTUREHow we improve infrastructurePhysics-informed digital twins of data centers and civil systems at CMU and HelioViews.
[02 // PIPELINE]
From capture to simulation
- 01Reality CaptureLidar, imagery, site context
- 02Point CloudMeasured evidence
- 03BIMStructured model logic
- 04OpenUSDInterchange and orchestration
- 05SimulationOps, robotics, digital twin
[03 // SELECTED WORK]
Selected projects
[02 // SPATIAL CAPTURE]
Indoor Reality Capture
Measured interior space reconstructed as a navigable twin, emphasizing geometry clarity and downstream utility over visual ornament.
- Interior scan
- Point cloud
- Spatial context
Viewport Standby
[03 // SOLAR ANALYSIS]
HelioViews City
Site-scale solar analysis with building-specific orientation and sun-hour studies staged as a lightweight urban digital twin.
- Urban model
- Shadow study
- Solar scoring
Viewport Standby
[04 // FACILITY OPS]
ThermalSight Drone Ops
A mission-control view of aerial inspection, thermal anomaly detection, and simulation-informed facility operations.
- Drone telemetry
- Thermal scan
- Simulation
Viewport Standby
[05 // REAL-TO-SIM]
Real-to-Sim Splat
A point-based reconstruction treatment that moves from diffuse capture to crisp, simulation-ready spatial intelligence.
- Point rendering
- Capture cleanup
- Viewport studies
Viewport Standby
[06 // FLOOD TWIN]
CivicSense Flood Twin
Flood behavior visualized against terrain and infrastructure to support resilient planning, communication, and digital-twin storytelling.
- Flood bands
- Terrain context
- Scenario view
Viewport Standby
[04 // CAPABILITIES]
What I build — and what I own.
ENGINEER ▸ I BUILD THE SYSTEM
Digital Twin & Simulation
- — Closed-loop OODA digital twins (Isaac Sim / Omniverse)
- — OpenUSD · USDPhysics · PhysX scene engineering
- — Discrete-event simulation + OptQuest optimization (FlexSim)
- — Headless validation at scale
Physical AI & Autonomy
- — ROS 2 closed-loop control systems
- — 6-DOF flight control (PID / predictive MPC)
- — Anomaly detection · fault-tolerant replanning
- — Sensor fusion: LiDAR / thermal / RGB-D / IMU
3D, BIM & Reality Capture
- — Scan-to-BIM, indoor + outdoor
- — Point-cloud-to-BIM authoring (Revit / Blender)
- — Gaussian splatting · photogrammetry · DEM
- — BIM→USD pipelines, cleanup & QA
PRODUCT LEADER ▸ I OWN THE OUTCOME
Product Strategy & GTM
- — Roadmap & product-line ownership
- — Customer discovery, GTM & launch
- — KPI & metric design
- — 0→1 prototyping to hardened production
Cross-Functional Leadership
- — Lead content, engineering & analytics teams
- — Partner integration & vendor relationships
- — Fluent with operators, engineers & executives
- — Pre-seed positioning (NVIDIA Inception)
Decision-Grade Delivery
- — Metrics leadership acts on (JPH · PPM · error/drift)
- — Real-to-sim data sourced to spec
- — Interpretable, human-in-the-loop by design
- — Build to prove, not to pitch
[05 // PRODUCT LEADERSHIP]
Ownership across the product line.
Roadmap & strategyproduct-line revenue & satisfaction ownershipcustomer discoveryGTM & launchKPI / metric designcross-functional team leadership
HelioViews
Founder & CEO
Own product end-to-end — roadmap, customer/GTM targeting, partner integration, and a 3-year scaling roadmap — while driving pre-seed positioning on the NVIDIA Inception track. Delivered a working city-scale MVP within a 30-day sprint.
XR Professional Development
Chief Product Officer (3.5 yrs)
Directed product strategy for an enterprise XR training platform; owned the roadmap and led cross-functional teams across content, engineering, and analytics; integrated NVIDIA enterprise AI tooling (ACE, NIM, Tokkio, Audio2Face) into shipped products.
LinkedIn Learning
Product Owner, Data Science Learning Library
Owned a product line for launch — content roadmap, learner satisfaction, and engagement — driving an 85% improvement in satisfaction and completion.
Tesla
People Analytics & Performance Consultant
Built performance- and retention-analytics frameworks adopted into Tesla's Employee Performance Program.
Cross-functional fluency · Speaks to operators, controls engineers, and executives in their own terms — most of what makes a simulation actually get adopted.
[06 // CONTACT]
Let's build something measurable.
Need someone to build the simulation, or to own the product around it? I do both — and I'd rather show you a working closed-loop demo than a deck. Zero-friction options below.
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[ CREDENTIALS // FIELD STRIP ]
M.S., AI Engineering & Digital Twins — Carnegie Mellon University (May 2026)·FAA Part 107·NVIDIA Inception track·U.S. Citizen